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- ↑ "Don't Open the Door! (Published 2008)". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2022-06-16.
- ↑ "Disquiet | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories".
- ↑ Sleeping Beauty. A Film by Julia Leigh.eOne Films International, Cannes 2011
- ↑ Development funding for Stenders, Teplitzky, Edgerton brothers
- ↑ Screen Australia funds 16 new projects, including Sleeping Beauty director’s film Disquiet
